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A review by alialu
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3.0
2,5 stars?
Mmm... What hell do I think of this book?
I'm genuinely asking myself that.
My dad one day, not far ago (actually yesterday) went into my room while I was reading this book he gave me, then looked at my shelves and said "An indispensable quality of your books is that they must be as long as possible?". I laughed at him, but couldn't keep myself from staring at my shelves and realizing it's true for the most part.
So I've come to the conclusion that my dad is right, that these too-short old school books might not be for me, because in so few pages there's no time for the world building I love, or for me to be able to love the characters.
About specifically this book, it's a short dystopia, based on the fact that books are forbidden and burned because they give people the capacity to think and worry, and that makes them unhappy.
I can't deny it has some interesting points of view, but some I had already seen in other books, so I wasn't that surprised. That next to the writing, which was a bit messy for my maybe too young brain, and with other stuff that seemed inconsistent (like, what is this war they have going about?), made me not quite enjoy this.
So... I'm sorry Dad. I guess I do prefer my long-as-hell and weird novels.
Mmm... What hell do I think of this book?
I'm genuinely asking myself that.
My dad one day, not far ago (actually yesterday) went into my room while I was reading this book he gave me, then looked at my shelves and said "An indispensable quality of your books is that they must be as long as possible?". I laughed at him, but couldn't keep myself from staring at my shelves and realizing it's true for the most part.
So I've come to the conclusion that my dad is right, that these too-short old school books might not be for me, because in so few pages there's no time for the world building I love, or for me to be able to love the characters.
About specifically this book, it's a short dystopia, based on the fact that books are forbidden and burned because they give people the capacity to think and worry, and that makes them unhappy.
I can't deny it has some interesting points of view, but some I had already seen in other books, so I wasn't that surprised. That next to the writing, which was a bit messy for my maybe too young brain, and with other stuff that seemed inconsistent (like, what is this war they have going about?), made me not quite enjoy this.
So... I'm sorry Dad. I guess I do prefer my long-as-hell and weird novels.